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Why Agents Need to Know If Their Clients Blog
Sep 22 2008 // Getting ‘SLAPP’ed: Individuals Blog at Their Own Risk; Exposure of Business Clients Depends on Policy Endorsements Blog-related personal injury suits have produced judgments ranging between $7,500 and $11.3...
Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients ‘SLAPP’ed
Sep 22 2008 // A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed a $25 million lawsuit against a real estate blogger alleging, among other charges, defamation of character based on the blogger’s opinion published...
Court Clashes over Katrina Wind Damage Winding Down in Mississippi
Sep 22 2008 // It took three years for Mississippi resident, Scott Gordon, to resolve the dispute that Hurricane Katrina spawned with his insurance company. Anything resembling a full recovery from the storm will take much...
Appeals Court Throws out $241 Million Award in Executive Life Suit
Sep 22 2008 // An appeals court tossed out a $241 million award won by California in a lawsuit over the takeover of failed insurer Executive Life by French investors. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the award by a lower...
Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients ‘SLAPP’ed
Sep 22 2008 // A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed a $25 million lawsuit against a real estate blogger alleging, among other charges, defamation of character based on the blogger’s opinion published...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Executive Challenges Firing
Sep 19 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation executive claims in a lawsuit that agency attorneys and board members plotted to fire him for talking to investigators about possible crimes at Workforce Safety and...
AIG Board Accused of Mismanagement by Pension Fund
Sep 18 2008 // A public pension fund has sued the chief executive and board of American International Group Inc, accusing them of mismanagement and “grossly imprudent risk taking” that led to the insurer’s $85 billion...
Update: Six Flags Sues Ride Maker over Kentucky Injury Accident
Sep 18 2008 // The owner of a Louisville, Ky. amusement park where a ride malfunction severed a teenage girl’s feet filed suit against the manufacturer of the thrill ride. The Courier-Journal reported Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom...
Update: Mississippi Couple in Settlement with State Farm over Katrina
Sep 16 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a Biloxi, Miss. couple over damage to their home from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed Sept. 15 in U.S....
Tennessee Court Rules against Alcoa in Asbestos Suit
Sep 12 2008 // Alcoa Inc. can be sued for the asbestos-related death of a former worker’s daughter, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled. The Pittsburgh-based company had argued that it should not be held responsible for Maryville...
Four Former AIG Execs Including Greenberg Settle Shareholder Suit
Sep 12 2008 // Four former executives of American International Group Inc., including ex-CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, agreed on Thursday to settle a long-standing shareholder lawsuit for $115 million. The insurer will...
Neb. Sued Over Alleged Illegal Overtime Directive
Sep 12 2008 // A former employee in the Nebraska treasurer’s office has filed a lawsuit against the state alleging he was directed to illegally create a computer program to prohibit employees from filing for overtime. Robert...
U.S. Subprime Lawsuits Outpace S&L Cases, Study Finds
Sep 11 2008 // The U.S. subprime-mortgage crisis has now spurred more federal lawsuits than the savings and loan debacle of the late 1980s and early 1990s ever did, data released Wednesday shows. The number of new mortgage-related civil...
Judge Dismisses Portions of Katrina Lawsuit in Mississippi
Sep 10 2008 // A Mississippi couple who accused their insurance company of using fraudulent Hurricane Katrina damage reports to keep from paying claims now says there’s no evidence the insurer acted negligently or in bad faith. A...
Feds: Civil Suits Unaffected by Mine Investigation
Sep 10 2008 // Federal officials say a criminal investigation of the Crandall Canyon, Utah, mine disaster doesn’t preclude civil suits against those associated with the mine. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration asked...
Rock Band Offers $1M to Settle Fatal Rhode Island Fire Suits
Sep 4 2008 // Members of the 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people have agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims’ relatives, according to court papers filed Tuesday. The...
Injured Indiana Steelworker Sues Company for $55 Million
Sep 2 2008 // One of seven men burned when they were engulfed by a fireball at a steel mill a year ago has filed a $55 million lawsuit against ArcelorMittal. The lawsuit filed by 31-year-old Jeremy Schoon of Valparaiso was announced at...
Liberty Mutual Sues New York over Workers’ Comp Law Changes
Sep 1 2008 // Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual Holding Co. has filed a federal lawsuit challenging several recent amendments to New York State’s workers’ compensation law as unconstitutional. The suit alleges that changes...
Allstate to Cut Rates, Write More to Resolve Florida Litigation
Sep 1 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty reached an agreement with the Allstate Companies that includes a $5 million fine, the lowering of homeowners rates in the state by 5.6 percent and a vow by the insurer to insure...
New Mexico Court: Class Actions Can’t Be Barred in Small Claims
Sep 1 2008 // The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that contractual prohibitions on class actions for small consumer claims violates public policy and is therefore unenforceable. According to Robert Fiser, individually and as a...
